/*
  Copyright (c) 2014 D. Niklaus.  All right reserved.

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
*/

/*
 * UptimeInfo.h
 *
 *  Created on: 01.10.2013
 *      Author: niklausd
 */

#ifndef UPTIMEINFO_H_
#define UPTIMEINFO_H_

/**
 * Helper class to use the appropriate time base depending on platfrom.
 * Supported platforms:
 * - Arduino (AVR and SAM)
 * - POSIX
 */
class UptimeInfo
{
public:
  UptimeInfo() { }
  virtual ~UptimeInfo() { }

  /**
   * Returns the number of milliseconds since the program started.
   * @return Number of milliseconds since the program started.
   */
  static unsigned long tMillis();

private: // forbidden functions
  UptimeInfo& operator = (const UptimeInfo& src); // assignment operator
  UptimeInfo(const UptimeInfo& src);              // copy constructor
};

#endif /* UPTIMEINFO_H_ */
